Clutch mechanism



GLUTCH MECHANISM File@ June la 195o 3 snemsusneet l "IIIIIIIIIII' G. F. DALY CLUTCH MECHANISM 'Y 3 'Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed June 18 193() Patentedv 13,

' UNITED STATES* CLUTCH MECHANISM George F. Daly, Johnson city, N. Y., comme, oy` mesne assignments, to International Business Machines Corporation, New York, N.. Y., si oorporation of New York .concoction .tooo is, wat, sono No. @eine chime. (ci. icc-eo) The invention reletes to e. clutch mechanism more particularly to e. clutch mechanism in e punching machine having s. motor drive, for autometicelly returning the carriages holding the 5 master card and punched cerd, and the invention has been shown as applied to e. type ci, punching machine shown in the cri-pending epplicetion ci `Lee and Daly, Serial No. Sefi, for Improvements in duplicating machines.' I

in the operation of such. machines it is frequently necessary that certain pats be connected to the driving mechanism for operation under control of veriahly` operated controlling devices. For example, e. certain shoit may have to he clutched to another driving shaft to`ceuse it to operate connected mechanisms. The driving she-it may be adopted to be engaged only during certain portions oi its cycle of operation while the engaging mechanism mcy he .adapted to cause engegement during other portions of its cycle. With such e. 'structure itmey hoppen that when the tripping mechanism is momentarily actuated the driving member mcy not be in position to he engaged and consequently no connection will he mede at the moment of tripping.

One object of the invention therefore is to provide e. clutch mechanism wherein a. momentary tripping operation may be extended so es to coincide with the .engaging period of the driving member. Y According to the preferred form of the invention a. continually running actuator having ratchet teeth circumferentially spaced is adapted to engage a. plvoted clutch pewl mounted upon the driven member. A toggle mechanism associated with the pewl is adapted `when .the pavvl` is rocked into engagement with the' driver to resiliently hold it in such position to insure positive engagement. Upon disengagement of the parts'the toggle mechanism is adapted toholdgthe pawl out of engagement until again tripped.

A further object of the invention is to provide automatic releasing mechanism so that in the event the movement of the driven memberis hnpeded the driving connection will be released.

Further and other objects und advantages wlll be hereinafter set forth in lthe accompanying specillcation and claims, and shown in the drawings. which by way-of illustration show what is 50 now considered to be the preferred'embodiment of thelnventlon. Y

In the accompanying I have shown for the purpose of illustration one form of struc@v ture embodying the invention in which 55 idg. lisanassemblyviewof apunchingmochine showing the application of the clutch mechanism. n

Fie. 2 is en enlarged detail view of the mecha.- nism in normal position.

3 is a, plan section of line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. i is e position View of ports shown in Fig. 2.

- Fig. 5 is e section in elevation teken on the line 5 5 ci Fig. 2.

The clutch has been illustrated by wey of eX- @5 emple as o connecting or clutching mechanism between e. driving shat lo ande. driven 'shct li. The driving shaft roteites constantly while the driven shaftll is normally stationary-hut may be clutched to rotate with theA driving Sheff; so

by means of the clutch toy be hereinafter described l and when so clutched will rotate in one direction and when released it may return to its origi nel position under control oi the punching mechs.- nism.

The driven shaft 11 has e gear i3 secured to one end (see Fig. 5) meshing with the escapement rack 14 of d cord carriage 15. The shaft l1 may thus he controlled by the usual escapement mechanism (not shown) to turn in e. counters@ clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 2 step-bystep or in greater increments according to the operation of the punching mechanism. Shaft 11 carries at its other .end a, gear 16 meshing with a. rack 1PZ which in turn meshes with a. gear 13 w freely mounted on shaft 10.

Secured to the underside of the base of the machine is a motor 19 having a. coupling connection to a stub shaft 20 to which s-secured a Worm 21 (Fig. 5) in mesh with a. worm wheel 22 secured to shaft 10. At its opposite end, shaft 10 has secured thereto a. ratchet shaped clutch element 23 (see Fig. 2). Loosely mounted on shaft 10 between clutch element 23 and gear 18 is 9. disc 24 attached to gear 18 in a manner to be deg5 scribed. v

Pivoted at 25 to disc 24 is a'poir of arms 26 and 27. Arm 27 has e. clutch tooth 28 and in its free' end it carries o pin 29 extending above and normally resting on the upper edge of arm 26. A 100 spring 30 biases the arm 2'7 in a. counterclockwise direction.

The free end of arm 26 is connected to a. toggle plate 31 by a link 32, the end of toggle plate 31 distant from'its pivot 33 being articulated at 34 |05 toorod 35. -The rod isurgedbyesprlng36.VY Y

and vlits in an aperture in a. pin 37, rotatably mounted on 'the disc 24; By virtue of this construction rod 35 and plate 31 act as a toggle,v

spring 36 -actlng to impositlvely hold the ports no the device taken on @o Y .tion a magnet 39 is provided and when energized attracts an amature 40 so that an arm 41 rocked vclockwise thereby and consequently engaging a pin 42 of arm 26 will rock the arm 26 to the position of Fig. 4 wherein the toggle connection has been moved centrifugally, spring 36 actingto hold the parts in this position. That is, the downward movement of pin 42 under the influence of the clockwise rotation of arm 41 will have rocked arm 26 in a counterclockwise direction 'about its pivot 25 so that link 32, connected to the free end of arm 26, will have rocked toggle plate 31 in a clockwise direction about its pivot 33, causing the connecting point 34 of the toggle to move away from the center of the shaft 10 and in doing so rocking the rod 36 about its pivot 37 from the position of Fig. 2 to that of Fig. 4. Movement of arm 26 away from pin 29 will permit arm-27 to follow under the iniiuence of its spring 30 and tooth28 will move into engagement with clutch element 23. Regardless of the relative position of the` constantly running clutch element 23, the arm 26 will be rocked to its alternate position upon the momentary energization of magnet 39 and if it so happens that at such times the high point of a ratchet tooth is beneath tooth 28 of arm 27, the spring 30 will continue to urge the tooth 28 into engagement with the ratchet and positive engagement will therefore be made with the driving edge of the next succeeding ratchet tooth. -1

Gear 18 will thereupon be driven in a counterclockwise direction substantially a single revolution, shifting rack 17 to the lett and rotating gear 16 to eiect movement of the card caniage of the punching machine.

At the termination oi the counterclockwise movement of gear 18, the tails 26a and 27a of arms 26 and 27 will strike a projection 43 of an adjustable plate 44 to eiect the disengagement of tooth 28 and ratchet 23v by a reverse action and the return of the toggle to its initial position. The gear 18 and connected parts will be stepped in a clockwise direction during operation of the punching machine until the parts again occupy the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The manner i in which gear 16 and rack 17 are returned to ini.

tial position is fully shown and described in the patent to F.L. Leeand B. H. Phillips, 1,772,186, issued August 5, 1930, in which reference may be had to Fig. 5 wherein gear 38 and rack 32v correspond to gears 16 and v17 respectively.

Disc 24 is preferably mounted on gear 18 by pin and slot connections 45 `(Figs. 2,V 4 and 5)` and these elements are connected to each other for driving movement by springs 46. This construction is provided to take up' 'the shocks due to starting from a position of rest and to permit the clutch elements to be disengaged in the event 'that the operation of the driven mechanism is impeded. K

For this purpose the gear 18 is provided with a pin 47 ,extending-in front of tails 26a and 27a, so'

' that if the parts are in engagement for driving and the driven mechanism is restrained against operation so as to hold gear 18 stationary, the continued rotation ofdisc 24 will stretch springs 46'and cause tails 26a and 27a to strike pin 47 whereupon tooth 28 will be disengaged from ratchet 23 and the toggle .will be moved to its device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. I intend to be limited therefore by the scope of the following claims:

l. A clutch mechanism comprising a driving element and a driven element. said driven element having a movable clutching member and a toggle joint for controlling said clutching member, means for moving said toggle joint across dead center to permit engagement of the clutch elements and means for returning said clutching member to its initial position independently of said toggle joint.

2. A clutch mechanism comprising a driving element anda driven element, said driven elementhaving a clutching pawl and a toggle joint mounted thereon, said toggle joint being adapted to hold said pawl out of engagement with the driving clutch element and means for shifting said toggle joint to permit said pawl to engage said driving clutch element and further means for restoring said pawl independently of saidl toggle joint. i

3. A clutch mechanism comprising a driving element and a driven element with clutching mechanism therebetween, said clutching mechanism including a. toggle joint adapted to be moved across dead center during the operation of said driving element to permit engagement between said elements, and means for operating said clutching mechanism independently of said toggle joint to disengage said elements.

' 4. A clutch comprising a driving element and a driven element. a clutching pawl pivoted on the driven element with means for continuously and yieldably urging it toward the driving element, said driving element being provided with a notch to be engaged by said pawl for clutching opera.- tion, a toggle joint coacting with said pawl to hold it out of'clutching engagement with the driving member and means for moving said toggle joint `across dead center to. release said pawl for enfor holding said clutching pawl out of operative engagement with said driving element in any position, and means for moving said toggle mecha- -nism out of cooperation with said clutching pawl for the purpose of permitting said pawl to engage said driving element, means for moving saidl pawl into engagement with said driving element and means independent of said toggle mechanism for holding said pawl in engagement with said driving element.

8. Aclutch mechanism comprising a driving element and a drivenelement, and lclutching mechanism therebetween, said driven element having a toggle mechanism for engaging said clutching mechanism. devices connected to said driven mechanism by a spring for operation concurrent with the operation oi said driven element and means controlled by said devices for causing the disengagement of said clutching mechanism upon the extension of said spring.

"7. A clutch mechanism comprising a driving element and a driven element, one of said elements having a movable clutching member and a toggle joint for controlling said clutching member, magnetically controlled means for moving said toggle joint across dead center to effect positive engagement of the clutch elements, and

means operative after a predetermination period of engagement for returning said clutching member to its initial position independently of' said toggle joint to cause disengagement of the clutch elements.

8. A clutch mechanism comprising a driving element and a driven element and clutching mechanism therebetween, said driven element having a toggle mechanism for engaging said clutching mechanism, devices yieldingly connected to said driven element for operation concurrently therewith and means carried by said devices for coacting with and causing the disengagement of said clutching mechanism upon relative movement between said devices and said driven element.

9. A clutch mechanism comprising a constantly running driving element and a driven element, a

clutching dog and a toggle mechanism carried by said driven element, said toggle mechanism being adapted to normally hold said dog out of engagement with said driving element, and means for moving said toggle mechanism across dead center to 'release said dog for engagement with said driving element and.means independent of said toggle mechanism for moving said dog into engagement with said driving element.

. 10. A clutch mechanism comprising a driving element and a driven element, said driven element having a clutching dog and a. toggle joint mounted thereon the toggle joint being normally adapted to hold said dog out of engagement with the driving element, means for shifting said toggle joint to effect engagement of` said dog and driving element and means for causing disengagement of said dog and driving element after a predetermined movement of the driven element.

GEORGE F. DALY.

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